The Top 6 Project Management Mistakes - And What To Do Instead
CIO, Monday, January 19th, 2026
Projects seldom go as planned, leaving project managers with any number of small fires to put out. Here are the most common issues projects encounter and how to get things back on track.
Project managers are doing exactly what they were taught to do. They build plans, chase team members for updates, and report status. Despite all the activity, your leadership team is wondering why projects take so long and cost so much.
When projects don't seem to move fast enough or deliver the ROI you expected, it usually has less to do with effort and more with a set of common mistakes your project managers make because of how they were trained, and what that training left out. Most project teams operate like order takers instead of the business-focused leaders you need to deliver your organization's strategy.